Hollywood Symphony Orchestra

:"Not to be confused with the Hollywood Studio Symphony, a recording orchestra"The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra (HSO) is 75-member American symphony orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. Its artistic director and resident conductor is John Scott. The HSO is dedicated to performing classic and world premiere movie scores, and comprises recording musicians from the Hollywood movie studios and Los Angeles concert scene. [http://www.hsos.org/orchestra.html (See roster here)]

Many of the musicians' names appear in the original recording liner notes of the movie scores presented on stage. Concerts often include a large massed choir from the Los Angeles area, bringing the population on stage to as many as 140 musicians and singers.

Background

Prior to 2006, this orchestra was primarily a recording orchestra, credited as far back in liner notes as "The Robe" (1953) composed by Alfred Newman conducting the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra (Varese Sarabande VSD 5295). The inaugural stage concert of the HSO was on May 18, 2006, at UCLA's Royce Hall. Their first year, in addition to full programs of classic film scores from the 1930s through 2000s, the orchestra performed world premieres of music from "Memoirs of a Geisha", "Antony and Cleopatra", "Flags of Our Fathers", "World Trade Center", and "The Matrix".

Composers represented in 2006 included Miklós Rózsa, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Maurice Jarre, Victor Young, Dimitri Tiomkin, Craig Armstrong, Clint Eastwood, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Dave Grusin, Alex North, John Scott, Sergei Prokofiev, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Max Steiner, Don Davis, Ernest Gold, Bernard Herrman.

The first radio broadcast of an HSO concert was on August 20, 2006. Southern California's classical radio station, K-Mozart 105.1FM, broadcast a one hour program containing portions of the inaugural concert by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of conductor John Scott

Educational outreach

According to its website, in addition to celebrating and preserving the work of Hollywood's master composers of the past, the HSO promotes the work of emerging Hollywood composers. As part of its educational program, the HSO also provides composers to lecture and participate in seminars at secondary and college level music and film programs, and is exploring ways to bring information the unique art form of film music to elementary students.

Some musicians who have earned chairs in this orchestra are graduates of the Henry Mancini Institute, American Youth Symphony, and Young Musicians Foundation. [http://www.hsos.org/orchestra.html (See roster here)]

Honorary advisors

The Honorary Advisors to the HSO are practically a "who's who" of the film, television and music industries, with Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award and Grammy Award winners and nominess, including Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marilee Bradford, Bruce Broughton, John Cacavas, Daniel Carlin, Budd Carr, Alf Clausen, Don Davis, John Debney, Allyn Ferguson, Dan Foliart, Charles Fox, Sid Ganis, Billy Goldenberg, Dave Grusin, Ted Kotcheff, Gary Le Mel, Michel Legrand, John Morgan, Randy Newman, Lennie Niehaus, Basil Poledouris (d), Sydney Pollack, Nick Redman, Edye & Pete Rugolo, Lalo Schifrin, Richard Sherman, William Stromberg, Patrick Williams, Christopher Young, Frank Yablans, and Hans Zimmer. [http://www.hsos.org/contact.html Listing]

Organization

*President, Artistic Director, John Scott
*Vice President, Hilary Mackendrick
*Secretary/Treasurer, Gary Dohner
*General Manager, John Beal
*Orchestra Manger, Robert Shulgold

Recordings

*"The Robe" (1953) composed by Alfred Newman conducting the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra (Varese Sarabande VSD 5295)
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*"A Study in Terror" (1965) composed by John Scott conducting the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra (HSO 333)
*"Masquerade" (2004) composed by |John Barry conducting the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra (Prometheus - ASIN B00009OOPQ )
*"Martinis with Mancini: The Henry Mancini Songbook" - the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
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*"Escape to Victory" (1981) (score released 2006) composed by Bill Conti conducting the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra (Prometheus - B000CQJYFE)
*"The Swarm" (1978) (score released 2004) composed by Jerry Goldsmith conducting the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra (Prometheus - B00009OOPT)

Further reading about film music

For more information about people mentioned in this article and more:

*"The Journal of Film Music" [http://www.ifms-jfm.org/]
*"Sound and Vision: 60 Years of Motion Picture Soundtracks" by Jon Burlingame
*"Music for the Movies" by Tony Thomas
*"Double Life: The Autobiography of Miklos Rozsa, Composer in the Golden Years of Hollywood" by Miklos Rozsa
*"Jerry Goldsmith" (Film Music Masters) by Karlin Tilford
*"Jerry Goldsmith: An American Film Institute Seminar on his work" (Seminars / American Film Institute) by Jerry Goldsmith
*"TV's Biggest Hits: The Story of Television Themes from "Dragnet" to "Friends" by Jon Burlingame
*"The Last Prodigy: A Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold" by Brendan G. Carroll
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*"Film Music Notebook" by Elmer Bernstein
*"On the Track" by Fred Karlin and Rayburn Wright
*"Elmer Bernstein: An American Film Institute Seminar on his work" (Seminars / American Film Institute) by Elmer Bernstein
*"Alex North, Film Composer: A Biography," With Musical Analyses of a Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus, the Misfits, Under the Volcano, and Prizzi's Honor by Sanya Shoilevska Henderson and John Williams
*"S. Prokofiev: Autobiography, Articles, Reminiscences" by Sergei Prokofiev, Rose Prokofieva, and S. Shlifstein
*"Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait" by Christopher Palmer
*"Please Don't Hate Me" by Dimitri Tiomkin
*"Film Music: A Neglected Art : A Critical Study of Music in Films" by Roy M. Prendergast
*"Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music" by Roger Hickman
*"The Invisible Art of Film Music" by Laurence E. MacDonald
*"Did They Mention the Music?: The Autobiography of Henry Mancini" by Henry Mancini
*"Sounds and Scores : A Practical Guide to Professional Orchestration" by Henry Mancini

Resources and News

*Movie music to receive top billing at Royce Hall - Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, Calif., Author: Lynne Heffley, Date: May 15, 2006, Section: Calendar; Part E, page E3; Calendar Desk, Document Types: Performance Review-Favorable
*Music critic Jim Svejda of FM radio station KUSC devoted an entire afternoon (5 hours) to the music of John Scott and the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra on May 16, 2006.
*Orchestra debuts with a film-score sampler Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, Calif. Author: Richard S. Ginell Date: May 20, 2006
*Start Page: E.20 Section: Calendar; Part E; Calendar Desk
*Document Types: Performance Review-Favorable
*The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra – A Concert Honoring Classical and Contemporary Symphonic Film Music - May, 2006, London Splash by Nicole R. Janowicz [http://www.londonsplash.com/Entertainment/The_Hollywood_Symphony_Orchestra_A_Concert_Honoring_Classical_and_Contemporary_Symphonic_Film_Music.php LINK]
*From Silver Screen to Concert Hall Overture, Vol. 86, June 2006 cover and pp 14-15.
*Big Hollywood Debut:
*The Debut Performance of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
*ASCAP Playback Magazine - STEPPING OUT, Summer 2006 page 89 [http://www.ascap.com/playback/2006/summer/stepping_out/performed.html Online Link]
*Hollywood Symphony Plays Music of the Movies September 2006, Not Born Yesterday (newspaper) p. 14
*Orchestra To Perform Film Score Selections October 5, 2006, UCLA Bruin Newspaper, Arts & Entertainment, p. 1 [http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2006/oct/05/orchestra-to-perform-film-scor/ Online Link]
*Musica y Cine Mano a Mano October 7 LA Opinion, Espectaculos, p 6B
*Hollywood Symphony Stages Second Concert Scott Conducts Eclectic Program at UCLA. By film music historian, author Jon Burlingame, published October 11, 2006 [http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/frontpagenews.php?ArticleID=101106 Film Music Society]
*The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra Performs World Premieres Along With Classic Film Music Date:(10/09/2006) [http://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=845 Soundtrack.net]
*A Big Night for Big Film Scores
*ASCAP Playback Magazine Volume 14, Issue 1 p. 89 - FACES AND PLACES: FILM & TV Winter 2007 [http://www.ascap.com/playback/2006/winter/faces_places/filmtv/hso.html Online Link]
*Hollywood Symphony Orchestra WORLD PREMIERES of Music from Current Academy Contenders Along with Music from Classic Films, Celebrity Society Magazine, November/December 2006 p. 31
*Hot Shot Hollywood Symphony Orchestra's Gala Reception, Society Social Calendar Magazine, January/February 2007 issue, p 42.

External links

* [http://www.hollywoodsymphonyorchestra.org Hollywood Symphony Orchestra official site]
* [http://www.hsos.org/contact.html Hollywood Symphony Orchestra Honorary Advisors]
* [http://www.kusc.org KUSC]
* [http://www.kmzt.com KMZT]
* [http://www.filmmusicsociety.org The Film Music Society]
* [http://www.ascap.com ASCAP]
* [http://www.hsos.org Hollywood Symphony Orchestra Society]
* [http://www.soundtrack.net Soundtrack.net]
* [http://www.latimes.com Los Angeles Times]
* [http://www.experiencela.com Experience LA, Official Los Angeles Cultural Calendar]
* [http://www.thescl.com Society of Composers & Lyricists]